
On Wednesday, June 19, 2019, Wigdor LLP filed a gender and age discrimination lawsuit on behalf of five award-winning female news anchors against Charter Communications, Inc. (“Charter”), which operates the news channel known as New York One (“NY1”). The five Plaintiffs, Roma Torre (61), Kristen Shaughnessy (50), Jeanine Ramirez (49), Vivian Lee (44) and Amanda Farinacci (40) have over 100 years of collective experience at NY1. All five allege that NY1 reduced their air-time, anchoring opportunities and promotional support while thrusting numerous younger women and men into the most visible and prominent roles.
As set forth in the lawsuit, the five Plaintiffs issued numerous complaints of age and gender discrimination to NY1’s management and human resources, but these complaints were either not taken seriously or outright ignored, and only led to retaliation and further mistreatment.